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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Tattooed Woman
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Tattooed Woman

Artist Tenkasan Toho (Tenkasan Norio) (Japanese, active 1920s)
DateTaisho (1912–1926) or Showa era (1926–1989), 1920s
Made/manufacturedJapan
MediumHanging scroll; ink and mineral colors on silk
DimensionsOverall: 6 ft. 1 1/4 in. × 21 3/8 in. (186 × 54.3 cm)
Other (Image): 43 3/4 × 14 in. (111.1 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment
Object number2016.67
Collections
Descriptionhanging scroll painted in color of woman looking over her shoulder at a large colorful writhing dragon tattoo
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Shotei Watanabe (aka Seitei Watanabe)
Late Meiji (1868-1912)–Taisho era (1912-1926), c. 1900–1918
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Choe U-Seok, 최우석 崔禹錫
1956
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Otagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月
19th century
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Seok Mo Ro-In 尺木老人
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), late 19th century
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Wang Yin (Wang Yemei) (c. 1829-after 1892)
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Guangxu reign (1875-1908), 1882
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Unknown Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳,
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), 19th century
Calligraphy
Cao Zhenxia
1809
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Yi Myeongjae 이명재 李明宰
1980s-1990s
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An Jungsik 안중식 安中植
late 19th to early 20th century
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Utagawa Kunitomo 歌川国富
c. 1830
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Morimoto Kiyoko
early 20th century